Scaroni wins Paralympic medals

TOKYO — Tekoa's Susannah Scaroni won gold and bronze medals at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games.

Scaroni won a gold medal in the 5,000-meter race on Aug. 28 with a new Paralympic record time of 10:52.57. The old record is 11:47.37 It was set by her teammate, Tatyana McFadden, in 2016.

"I feel so blessed honestly. My strength is going as hard as I can for a long time and that never happened at the paralympics and I have no experience doing anything else," Scaroni said.

She said she looked back with seven laps to go, expecting the pack to be at her heels, but there was no one behind her.

"I've be...